Meaning

4 senses
  1. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

    I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.

    I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.

    treppauf, oben, nach oben

    наверху́naverxú, вверху́vverxú, на ве́рхнем этаже́na vérxnem etažé

    нагорі́nahorí, наверху́naverxú, наго́ру наве́рхnahóru

    on a floor above

  2. (informal)In the brain or mind.

    After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.

    with respect to the mind

  3. (informal)In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

  4. In or to a higher matrix clause, as opposed to a lower embedded clause.

Examples

711 sentences
  1. I want you to go upstairs.

    Я хочу, щоб ти пішов нагору. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты поднялся наверх. — odexed

    deIch will, dass du nach oben gehst. — Zaghawa

  2. I had to carry Tom upstairs.

    Я був змушений нести Тома вгору по сходах. — deniko

    ruМне пришлось нести Тома наверх на руках. — marafon

    deIch mußte Tom nach oben tragen. — Waldelfe

  3. Tom went upstairs to his bedroom.

    Том пішов нагору до своєї спальні. — deniko

    deTom ging hinauf in sein Schlafzimmer. — wolfgangth

  4. It seems that the burglar broke in through an upstairs window.

    Здається, грабіжник прокрався всередину через вікно нагорі. — uaspeaker

    ruКажется, грабитель пробрался внутрь через окно наверху. — Hellerick

  5. Tom went upstairs with Mary and sat by her bed until she fell asleep.

    Том пішов нагору разом із Мері та сидів біля її ліжка, поки вона не заснула. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level:
Русский
By meaning 1
up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level:

Forms

further upstairs/farther upstairs, furthest upstairs/farthest upstairs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • on a floor above:up the stairson a higher floor

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go upstairs
  • is upstairs in
  • went upstairs to
  • upstairs in his
  • went back upstairs
  • suitcase upstairs
  • upstairs in bed
  • upstairs crying in
  • are asleep upstairs
  • was upstairs asleep
  • go upstairs and
  • back upstairs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upstairs — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto